Simpler and direct as the direction, with no further step beyond it

Frederic asks what the next step is beyond 'simpler'.

The Wonders first correct the phrasing: not merely simpler, but simpler and direct - direct meaning not taking the long way around, having a direct conversation, not using four hundred words where three will do.

Frederic relates this to work, where he can do in seconds what takes others an hour by being direct.

Asked what lies beyond simpler, they answer that there is none: in the reality he lives in, achieving simpler is the goal, and the maxim 'slow is easy, easy is fast' carries both the simplicity and the directness that answer everything.

Most people, they say, cannot survive without complication and drama, and cannot grasp that with a simple, direct perspective one can enjoy everything without owning anything - things come into your life and leave - while leading a great, stress-free life.

Frederic says he is not there all the time, but sometimes finds things so simple and direct that he wonders whether he is missing something; the Wonders answer, not yet.